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Community activists talk as homicides continue in Louisville

Monday's deadly shooting marks Louisville's 60th homicide in 2015. This time last year, that number was in the 40s.

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Updated: 11:14 PM EDT Oct 5, 2015

Community activists talk as homicides continue in Louisville

Monday's deadly shooting marks Louisville's 60th homicide in 2015. This time last year, that number was in the 40s.

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Updated: 11:14 PM EDT Oct 5, 2015

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WEBVTT EXPECTED TO BE O.K.. AT THIS POINT, POLICE DO NOT HAVE ANY SUSPECTS. TODAY'S DEADLY SHOOTING MARKS LOUISVILLE'S 60TH HOMICIDE IN 2015. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THAT NUMBER WAS IN THE FORTIES. WLKY'S MORGAN LENTES SPOKE WITH COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS ABOUT WHY THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE UP, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO STOP THE VIOLENCE. SHE'S LIVE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS MORGAN? VICKI, DETECTIVES AT LMPD WILL LIKELY NEVER GO A YEAR WITHOUT ANY MURDERS. BUT SOME LEADERS HOPE BY IMPROVING COMMUNITY RELATIONS THE NUMBER CAN EVENTUALLY GO DOWN. IN MY MIND THERE WERE TWO THINGS I WAS THINKING, WHEN I GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL I'M GOING TO KILL THE PERSON WHO SHOT ME . WHEN 14-YEAR-OLD DIONTAE REED WAS SHOT IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR HE WAS FILLED WITH ANGER. AN ANGER HE SAYS ALMOST LED HIM TO MAKE A LIFE ALTERING DECISION. IT WAS EITHER I WAS GOING TO GO KILL SOMEBODY AND BE IN JAIL OR STAY HERE AND JUST BE ON A POSITIVE SIDE AND DON'T DO NOTHING . CLICKS LUCKILY HE CHOSE THE LATTER. BUT AS COMMUNITY ACTIVIST CHRIS 2-X KNOWS ALL TOO WELL THAT ANGER OFTEN LEADS TO MORE VIOLENCE. IT'S JUST A TORN COMMUNITY AND IT NEVER GETS PATCHED UP BECAUSE OF THE VENGEANCE, THE REVENGEFUL MIND SETS AND THE NON FORGIVING MINDSETS . MINDSETS THAT THIS YEAR ALONE HAVE LEAD TO 60 MURDERS. THAT'S MORE THAN THE TOTAL FOR BOTH 2014 AND 2013. STILL THESE MEN BELIEVE PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE ONCE LOUISVILLE'S RESIDENTS DECIDE THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. SO THE KEY THING RIGHT NOW IS, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AT 60, WE HAVE TO KEEP KEEPING UP THE GOOD FIGHT . HIM AND A FIGHT THEY HOPE WOULD SEE THE CITY'S HOMICIDES DECREASE CONSIDERABLY OVER TIME. THE CHALLENGE NOW PERFECTING THEIR APPROACH. CAN'T NOBODY MAKE SOMEBODY STOP KILLING IF THEY TELL THEM TO BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTROL OTHER PEOPLE . REED SAYS WHILE YOU CAN'T CONTROL OTHER PEOPLE YOU CAN INSPIRE THEM. WE'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT THEM BEFORE. HE AND SOME OTHER YOUNG GUNSHOT

Community activists talk as homicides continue in Louisville

Monday's deadly shooting marks Louisville's 60th homicide in 2015. This time last year, that number was in the 40s.